Blog - Page 5 of 19 - Retouching Academy

27 Sep

Commercial Retouching, Software for Retouching, Video Tutorial

Using Puppet Warp in Adobe Photoshop

December 20, 2018
Posted by Kris Fulk
adobe photoshop, puppet warp tutorial, retouching
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By using Puppet Warp in Adobe Photoshop, you can manipulate the structure of a subject’s shape, features, or even reposition things like limbs or hair. It’s as if you’re the puppet master and the subject is the puppet. By...

25 Sep

Business & Clients, Efficiency & Productivity

Passion, Drive & The Everyday Challenges On The Way To Your Success. Part 2

September 25, 2018
Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
creativity, freelance business, success practices
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Continued from Passion, Drive & The Everyday Challenges On The Way To Your Success. Part 1 Problem #2 Self-doubt & Lack of inspiration When I was in high school and it was time to start thinking of my future profession, I wanted to...

25 Sep

Business & Clients, Industry & Community News

What’s Wrong With Magazines Charging Their Contributors For Submissions

January 13, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
editorial photography, magazine submissions, paid magazine submissions
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Beauty and fashion editorials are an opportunity for artists to showcase their creativity and skills. They often act as a means of advertising the team’s talents to potential clients and have become the lifeblood of many marketing plans for...

20 Sep

Business & Clients, Efficiency & Productivity

Passion, Drive & The Everyday Challenges On The Way To Your Success. Part 1

September 25, 2018
Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
creativity, freelance business, success practices
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I used to think that the first two - passion and drive - inevitably would lead me to the ever-desired success as an independent artist because, as we all know, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" and "The harder...

19 Sep

Hardware & Tools, Software for Retouching, Video Tutorial

How to Set Up and Use a Wacom Tablet

January 13, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
photoshop tutorial, retouching pen, wacom tablet
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A retoucher should be using the best tool for the job, and there’s really no better choice than a Wacom tablet. While a mouse or trackpad may be what most are familiar with in their day-to-day use, the efficiency...

12 Sep

Software for Retouching, Video Tutorial, Working With Colors

Color Grade Your Videos Using LUTs From Lightroom

December 20, 2018
Posted by Kris Fulk
adobe lightroom lut, color grading, working with colors
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Color Look Up Tables (or LUTs) can give your images a distinct look and feel though their colors. In our recent LUT-related article, you learned how to use LUTs in Photoshop to color grade an image, and this video tutorial...

06 Sep

Efficiency & Productivity, Hardware & Tools, Industry & Community News

XP-Pen Products Might Be The Best Budget Alternative to the Industry Standard Wacom Tablets

We all love our Wacom tools and consider them a mandatory piece of hardware for any professional or aspiring professional retoucher. The Wacom Cintiq Pro line of graphic displays are coveted as the standard for high-end retouching. However, the...

05 Sep

Hardware & Tools, Video Tutorial

New Features in Lightroom Classic 7.5 and Lightroom CC 3.6

December 20, 2018
Posted by Gerry Kingsley
lightroom, tech news
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Adobe recently released update 7.5 for Lightroom Classic as well as an update for Lightroom CC version 3.6. While these updates aren’t necessarily game-changing, they do come with improvements and fixes worth getting excited over. New in Lightroom Classic 7.5 ...

31 Aug

Efficiency & Productivity, Industry & Community News, Software for Retouching

Next Major Adobe Creative Cloud Release Won’t Support Older Operating Systems (Mac & Win)

August 31, 2018
Posted by Julia McKim
adobe, Creative Cloud
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Some alerting news come from Adobe for the artists who stick with older Mac and Windows Operating Systems: the next major release of Creative Cloud won’t support older versions of both Windows and Mac OS. The cut off is at...

30 Aug

Software for Retouching, Video Tutorial, Working With Colors

Demystifying the HSL Tool in Lightroom

One of the most overlooked tools in Lightroom is the HSL (Hue, Saturation, and Luminance) color adjustment window. If you’re just beginning your journey into editing your images and learning Lightroom, you’ll find that HSL is a powerful color grading tool...

28 Aug

Efficiency & Productivity, Hardware & Tools, Industry & Community News

Apple Releasing a Pro-Focused Mac Mini and Low-Cost MacBook Air

Apple Inc. recently announced the upcoming pro-focused Mac Mini and a new “low-cost” MacBook Air. The new laptop is rumored to include a Retina Display and said to have thinner bezels, but will look similar to the company's current...

27 Aug

Creative Retouching, Stay Inspired

The Best Use Of Photoshop Ever!

I think I have just discovered my new favorite Photoshop artist :D How awesome is that in the times when Photoshop and retouching seem to be getting a lot of kicks and frowns, one dad is using it to make...

23 Aug

Beauty Retouching, Video Tutorial, Working With Colors

4 Great Methods to Perfect Skin Tones Using Curves in Photoshop

Correcting and controlling color, especially in skin tones, is an imperative part of the retouching process. Skin tone can be impacted by a variety of causes, such as lighting setups, the surrounding environment, as well as how the camera...

21 Aug

Efficiency & Productivity, Hardware & Tools, Industry & Community News

Fastest Storage Drives Ever Created Introduced by Intel

Intel's latest memory technology named Optane 800P uses recently developed 3D XPoint (pronounced “cross-point”) technology to deliver incredible speed. This new memory tech uses a type of non-volatile memory (NVM) and is now being touted as a potential SSD...

16 Aug

Creative Retouching, Food, Product & Jewelry, Interviews & Making Of Stories

Advertising Product Photography Behind-The-Scenes: Creating Aqua Minerale Visuals

October 11, 2022
Posted by Julia Kuzmenko McKim, RA Team
advertising, commercial retouching, product photography
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If you ever wondered how real-world Advertising Product Photography & Retouching jobs unfold for creative professionals, this article by our talented friends Maier Product Photography, will take you through the project steps from shoot to the final image. Max &...

14 Aug

Fundamentals, Hardware & Tools, Working With Colors

Using a Color Chart to Ensure Color Accuracy in Your Photography from Capture to Resulting Image

Color accuracy is an important factor in photography and retouching. Modern day cameras rely entirely on the built-in software to interpret the color data in the captured images, and how the colors are captured will be a direct reflection...

09 Aug

Real World Practices, Video Tutorial, Working With Colors

How to Remove Color Fringing From Hair in Photoshop

January 13, 2019
Posted by Kendra Paige
hair in photoshop, hair retouching, hair tutorial
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Hair can sometimes feel like the bane of a retoucher’s existence, due to the visual complexity of hair and the various techniques you need to know to handle it correctly. If you need to remove a subject from their background,...

07 Aug

Fundamentals, Video Tutorial

Master The Curves Tool to Color Grade Your Images Like a Pro

December 21, 2018
Posted by Gerry Kingsley
curves tool, photoshop, working with colors
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Many retouching artists will agree that the Curves tool is one of the best to use for color grading, but if your retouching workflow is limited to Lightroom or Capture One, you may not be too familiar with the...

31 Jul

Efficiency & Productivity, Fundamentals, Video Tutorial

Quick Tip for Getting Better Results Using Content Aware Fill

Originally released in Photoshop CS5, Content Aware Fill was a tool ahead of its time. Using texture replacement synthesis, which was originally developed from space-time video completion as a means to correct corrupted data in video. In Photoshop however,...

27 Jul

Efficiency & Productivity, Fundamentals, Video Tutorial

Exporting Images for Facebook, Instagram and Your Website from Photoshop

This week we are taking a look at one of the most frequently asked questions in the photography community on the web: What is the best way to export images for social media and your website? We’ll talk about optimizing...